Comments on: Giving the Ghetto Blaster Retro Chic http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/giving-the-ghetto-blaster-retro-chic.html Science Blog from Freelance Science Writer David Bradley Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:25:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Bradley http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/giving-the-ghetto-blaster-retro-chic.html/comment-page-1#comment-333061 David Bradley Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:07:02 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/giving-the-ghetto-blaster-retro-chic.html#comment-333061 It's in the developing world where this concept will be most applicable. db It’s in the developing world where this concept will be most applicable.

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]]> By: edward a. sotelo http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/giving-the-ghetto-blaster-retro-chic.html/comment-page-1#comment-329770 edward a. sotelo Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:45:52 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/giving-the-ghetto-blaster-retro-chic.html#comment-329770 actually, i think repurposing the blaster will be hip in a couple of months. i should run this by my technically-experienced cohorts, and see what they can do. my hope is that the skills and techniques for very simple re-purposing could be taught to many. hell, if i knew how to jury-rig old bits of gear and make them run even better, i would certainly do that. i would also like to add that access to discardable technology is related to a certain amount of affluence and expendable income. as far as models for repurposing, we should look at so-called Third World cultures, and see how they have jury-rigged old technologies in order to make them functional (maybe not stylish, but hey, you gotta eat). EAS actually, i think repurposing the blaster will be hip in a couple of months. i should run this by my technically-experienced cohorts, and see what they can do.

my hope is that the skills and techniques for very simple re-purposing could be taught to many. hell, if i knew how to jury-rig old bits of gear and make them run even better, i would certainly do that.

i would also like to add that access to discardable technology is related to a certain amount of affluence and expendable income. as far as models for repurposing, we should look at so-called Third World cultures, and see how they have jury-rigged old technologies in order to make them functional (maybe not stylish, but hey, you gotta eat).

EAS

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